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Why Your Grocery Bill Keeps Rising — And What You Can Do About It

  It's not just gas. Canada's food inflation hit its highest pace in over a year in May 2026 — and produce prices are leading the charge. MoneySavings.ca  |  June 27, 2026 If your grocery receipts have been giving you sticker shock lately, you're not imagining things. Canada's official inflation figures, released by Statistics Canada on June 22, confirm that food prices are climbing faster than the overall cost of living — and have been for 16 consecutive months . If you're trying to figure out why your weekly shop costs so much more than it did a year ago, here's a plain-English breakdown — and some practical steps you can take to soften the blow. By the Numbers — May 2026 (Statistics Canada) Overall CPI: +3.2% year over year (highest since December 2023) Grocery prices (food purchased from stores): +4.3% year over year Fresh vegetables: +9.0% year over year Fresh fruit: +5.3% year over year Tomatoes: +45.2% year over year Lettuce: +10.7% year over year G...
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YouTube Reaches $24.5M Settlement in Trump Account Suspension Case

                    YouTube To Pay $24.5 Million To Settle Donald Trump's Lawsuit Over Account Suspension.

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump over the suspension of his account following the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots.

According to court filings in Oakland, California, $22 million of the settlement will be directed to the Trust for the National Mall, funding the construction of a new White House State Ballroom—one of Trump’s long-standing projects. The remaining $2.5 million will go to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union and several individuals who joined the case.

YouTube suspended Trump’s channel on January 12, 2021, citing concerns about the potential for further violence. The account was reinstated in March 2023, but Trump pursued legal action, arguing that the ban unlawfully silenced conservative viewpoints.

The settlement follows similar agreements Trump has reached with other platforms: Meta paid $25 million earlier this year, while X (formerly Twitter) settled for $10 million.

Importantly, the deal does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by YouTube or its parent company, Alphabet. Instead, it closes one of the most high-profile legal battles between Trump and major tech platforms over content moderation and political speech.

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